His inaugural research focuses on the philosophical affinities between
Blaise Pascal and
Søren Kierkegaard, highlighting a sense of unity presented as an
Antiphilosophy of Christianity. His work also explores issues in
business ethics,
communication studies,
gender studies or
stakeholder theory by contrasting the ideas of these two authors with those of others in the Western philosophical tradition. His approach to organisational phenomena allows him to revisit the field of
management science by formulating the contours of a postcritical
hermeneutics that both reduces the overemphasis on the objective dimension of work and brings its affective dimension back at the center of attention.
Media management His research has contributed to the consolidation of a European orientation, especially through his involvement in the activities of EMMA, to media organization studies. His initial work presents
media management less as a new academic discipline than as a multi-paradigm field of research that challenges the universalist approaches to
management science. Hence his special interest for the place of
ethics,
CSR and
organizational identity in managing media companies and
entertainment businesses.
Philosophy of management Drawing on various sources of
continental philosophy his work highlights the fact that
ethics in business cannot be taught or understood as any other management "knowledge". In the
Ancient Greece, the "oikonomos" was not only dedicated to take advantage of existing assets but also to master his/her self and to care for the society as a whole. At the
Collège international de philosophie, he developed a research program which aimed to extend the efforts made by researchers in order to discuss the commonly held epistemic and political aspects of modern
management. The program emphasized "the crisis of the foundations faced by
management science in its ethical/philosophical aims", a crisis that can be defined as
desaffectio societatis, and which seems to concern managers more and more.
Leadership studies From an interpretation of
Blaise Pascal and
Paul Ricoeur’s analysis of power, he suggests new concepts to discuss the question of leadership
responsibility, rethinking the usual way of considering it :
practical wisdom, negative humanism or "double thought". It leads him to show that power cannot be separated from a dialectic of abilities and disabilities; this approach is at the root of several contributions about the strategic "vision" and gender issues using the works of
Henri Bergson and
Gilles Deleuze, and about the
beau geste as a critical behavior in organizations.
Continental philosophy of religion In this field, he applies the notion of
antiphilosophy as defined by
Alain Badiou to a comparative philosophical analysis of
Kierkegaard and
Pascal. He examines the unique position occupied by these two authors in light of their idiosyncratic understanding of the relationship between faith and philosophical doubt. He also explores the connections between this position and more recent currents of thought, with particular reference to
John Caputo,
Gianni Vattimo and
Michel Henry. This perspective is also largely discussed in his essay focusing on the idea of "beginning" in Lequier's philosophy. == Bibliography ==